AFP says Home Affairs Department to blame for Hakeem al-Araibi arrest

18/02/2019|2min

AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin says the Home Affairs Department is to blame for the arrest of Melbourne based refugee Hakeem al-Araibi.
Mr al-Araibi was arrested and detained for 11 weeks after an Interpol red notice was incorrectly issued.
The footballer faced possible extradition to Bahrain to serve a 10-year prison sentence for an alleged vandalism offence.
Commissioner Colvin told a senate estimates in Canberra that the AFP was to be blamed for the arrest, saying the AFP were unaware of his visa status due Border Force shortcomings.